Mysterious, Mysterious

Last Sunday, June 30, I had ordered a wine decanter on Amazon, which was supposed to be delivered between July 3 and July 8. To my great surprise, I got a wine decanter yesterday, when – at checking my order status – it had not even yet been shipped. And it also was not the one I had ordered. Inside the package there was little note, that it was a gift, but no name, no address, nothing, from whom it might have been. There only was a barcode to scan or the URL to a website to go to, in case I wanted to say “thank you” to the sender. Using the barcode seemed too “hot” to me, and so I went to that website and landed in my account at Amazon, and there had the choice to either send the present back and get a gift card [in which case the sender would NOT be notified] or send a thank-you note. I started this hoping to find out the sender, and the first line of the text that appeared said, “Dear Iryna, …” What a surprise as I don’t know anyone by that name! I have absolutely no idea how and why I got this “present”, and from whom. And I am at a loss of what to do now: keep it or send it back. I’ll defintely not thank the unknown sender.

I don’t know if that might be some new kind of phishing-scam, as, at the same time, I found out that one of my credit cards was fraudulently used with two – minor – orders from my Amazon account. I already contacted the credit card company, and my credit card has been cancelled [I’ll get a new one] and I have been credited the amounts. I surely will change my password with Amazon.

47 responses to “Mysterious, Mysterious”

Ah, the world of the internet: so much to be wary of. I’ve had Amazon packages arrive days before they were scheduled to, but they’ve always been things I ordered. I’ve wondered if Amazon occasionally gives two-day ship to try to entice people to become Prime members.

Sounds like a scam or a gift order for someone that went awry. I’d contact Amazon.

Two weeks ago someone opened a credit card in my husband’s name and tried to order stuff but were foiled by alert merchants who contacted him. The card has been canceled, and an alert at the credit reporting companies has been filed. What a pain in the ass the bad guys are! I’m grateful for sharp merchants who stopped the sales before they were made!

I did contact them. They’ll investigate and let me know.
I’m glad about this kind of merchant, too. My German Bank even registered when there were 4 bookings on one day and notified me. They were all by me, though. But I’m happy they asked.

My first move would be to contact Amazon, and no one else. There was a report on our news a few days ago about a phishing scam involving Amazon shipments. I can’t remember a single detail, except that the arrival of an unordered shipment was involved. Also: there’s a scam going around involving gift cards. Again, I don’t remember the details, but it’s been in the news.

My own personal favorite is a text I received a couple of weeks ago telling me my Wells Fargo account had been locked, and asking me to “call this number” to resolve the matter. Silly scammers: I haven’t had a Wells Fargo account since the 1970s.